New foreign direct investment (FDI) pledged to South Korea surged over 30 percent from a year earlier to a record high in 2014, with the amount that has arrived also climbing to a new high, the government said Monday.
The new FDI committed to the country came to US$19 billion last year, up 30.6 percent from 2013, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The 2014 figure also marked a 16.6 percent spike from the previous record of $16.29 billion in 2012.